CATALOG RECORD
Marvel Comics Presents #18
first appearance of Anton Pretorius and Mary Campbell
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Anton Pretorius (Marvel) — introduction, Magistrate of Communications
- Mary Campbell (Marvel) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- Early May 1989
- On sale
- December 29, 1988
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #18 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602214518
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Creators
Stories
- The Retribution Affair Part II: Plague In the Night · 8 pages
Cyclops and Banshee try to investigate Moira's mysterious bouts of sleep walking.
- Panther's Quest [Part 6 of 25]: Naked Exposures · 8 pages
South African Magistrate of Communications, Anton Pretorius, finds out about T'Challa's attack on Percy Boraine. Pretorius sends more troops to the black township and tells the nation about T'Challa's illegal entry into the country. T'Challa and Zanti avoid the military patrols and make it to the solar glider in time to learn about Pretorius' televised speech.
- X-Mas Tease · 8 pages
She-Hulk is bored on Christmas Eve and calls The Thing up to have a chat.
- A Christmas Card · 8 pages
Due to an unfortunate mistake, Willie Lumpkin is visited by the ghosts of Christmas and put through a christmas carol wringer which was actually meant for miser J. Jonah Jameson.
Publisher’s description
Story #1 - The Retribution Affair Part 2 - Cyclops - Journeying to Muir Island at the request of an old friend, Cyclops find's himself attacked by an unseen adversary. He discovers Moira MacTaggert is deeply involved in whatever is happening on the island. In an attempt to investigate what is going on he becomes more involved in a strange and deadly mystery. Story #2 - Panther's Quest Part 6 - Black Panther - Since he's arrived in South Africa T'challa has defended himself against mercenaries and South African security forces. He's come to learn if a curio shop owner named Patrick Slade really knows if the mother he hasn't seen since he was a child is still alive. Zanti Chikane, a gold miner, reluctantly gives the barbed wire gouged and bloodied Panther aid. But this is a place imminently hostile, not only to the great cat. Story #3 - X Mas Tease - She Hulk - The She Hulk has a case of the Christmas Blues, so she calls up Ben Grimm and dreams up some things to brighten her day, such as a fight with some super villains such as Doctor Doom, Magneto and Galactus but she realizes this could ruin Christmas for everyone else so instead she opens her Christmas presents and it turns out the whole story was a plug for her new book. Story #4 - A Christmas Card - Willie Lumpkin - A plodding, pixilated postman from the midwest, Willie Lumpkin never dreamed he would one day deliver mail to the super hero family the Fantastic Four. Tonight however on Christmas Eve the good natured Willie must save his immortal soul from a misdirected spirit's art of redemption alone!!
Characters
Reprinted in
Cyclops: Retribution (1994), Marvel Masterworks: The Black Panther (2010), Sensational She-Hulk by John Byrne (2011), Black Panther Epic Collection (2016), Black Panther: Panther's Quest (2018), Sensational She-Hulk by John Byrne Omnibus (2019), She-Hulk Epic Collection (2022), X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus (2024), Black Panther: Panther's Prey Omnibus (2025)